Multiple choice

Which energy transfer requires one object to directly touch another for the transfer to occur?

  1. conduction

  2. radiation

  3. diffraction

  4. polarization
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Explanation

Conduction is the only method listed that requires direct physical contact between objects for energy transfer. Radiation works at a distance, and the others are not heat transfer methods.

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